Fallen vs. Falling

having dropped by the force of gravity

Example: ‘fallen raindrops’;

(literary) killed in battle

Example: ‘to honor fallen soldiers’;

having lost one's chastity

Example: ‘a fallen woman’;

having collapsed

Example: ‘a fallen building’;

(pluralonly) The dead

(pluralonly) Casualties of battle or war.

One who has fallen, as from grace.

Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.

Example: ‘Some ruined temple or fallen monument.’;

having dropped by the force of gravity;

Example: ‘fallen leaves covered the forest floor’; ‘sat on a fallen tree trunk’;

having fallen in or collapsed;

Example: ‘a fallen building’;

having lost your chastity;

Example: ‘a fallen woman’;

killed in battle;

Example: ‘to honor fallen soldiers’;

That falls or fall.

Example: ‘a falling leaf’; ‘the falling prices of luxury goods’;

from Fall, v. i.

suddenly losing an upright position;

Example: ‘they ran from the falling tree’; ‘a falling wall crushed the car’;

decreasing in amount or degree;

Example: ‘falling temperature’;

becoming lower or less in degree or value;

Example: ‘a falling market’; ‘falling incomes’;

coming down freely under the influence of gravity;

Example: ‘the eerie whistle of dropping bombs’; ‘falling rain’;